Gender, Job Factors, and Coronary Heart Disease Risk

American Journal of Health Behavior

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 3-13

  Sorensen, Glorian ^a,d   Lewis, Barbara ^b   Bishop, Richard ^c  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b Fallon Community Health Plan   (United States)

^c SAINT VINCENT HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d DANA FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

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EID: 0344694159     PISSN: 10873244     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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